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A particularly common source of worship material in English churches was the Second Book of Common Prayer, commissioned by the Protestant King Edward VI in 1552. [44] The English Reformation oversaw the proliferation of English Protestant composers and the writing of many English psalters (musical
All Protestant leaders rejected this belief as false. [6] Monasticism – Many Protestant leaders believed this was unnecessary for salvation and harmful to those who practised it. The practice of penance and the belief that good works could balance the punishment of sin or lead to salvation were particularly common. Protestants rejected this ...
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ P̣enṭe) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Protestant denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies.
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1828) [35] Introits: or Ante-Communion Psalms for the Sundays and Holy Days Throughout the Year (1844) [36] Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States (1845) [37] Ancient Hymns of Holy Church by John Williams (1845) [38] Christian Ballads (1847) [39]
An English version less literal in translation but more popular among Protestant denominations outside Lutheranism is "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing", translated by Frederick H. Hedge in 1853. Another popular English translation is by Thomas Carlyle and begins "A safe stronghold our God is still".
In modern English, "Hallelujah" is frequently spoken to express happiness that a thing hoped or waited for has happened. [29] An example is its use in the song " Get Happy ". " Hallelujah " was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 , performed in Hebrew by Milk and Honey , including Gali Atari , for Israel .
In Christianity, a number of paraphrased versions of Psalm 23 emerged after the Protestant Reformation in the form of Metrical psalms — poetic versions that could be set to hymn tunes. An early metrical version of the psalm in English was made in 1565 by Thomas Sternhold.
The English word evangelical usually refers to evangelical Protestant churches, and therefore to a certain part of Protestantism rather than to Protestantism as a whole. The English word traces its roots back to the Puritans in England, where Evangelicalism originated, and then was brought to the United States.